New England Distribution

Non-native: introduced
(intentionally or
unintentionally); has become naturalized.

County documented: documented
to exist in the county by
evidence (herbarium specimen, photograph). Also covers
those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).

State documented: never been
documented from the
county, but known from the state. May be present. Or,
may be restricted to a small area or a habitat (alpine,
marsh, etc.), so unlikely found in some
counties.

Note: when native and non-native
populations both exist in a county, only native status
is shown on the map.

North America Distribution

Facts About

Limestone-meadow sedge is a very variable species, relatively common outside the coastal plain of New England. It is found, as the common name suggests, usually in high-pH soils, in meadows and shorelines. It is listed as endangered in New Hampshire.

Native to North America?

Sometimes Confused With

staminate spike on a peduncle mostly 9–76 mm long, overtopping the uppermost carpellate spike, and stems produced singly or a few together from elongate rhizomes (vs. C. granularis, with the staminate spike on a peduncle 1–35 mm long, shorter than to barely exceeding the uppermost carpellate spike, and stems cespitose on short, inconspicuous rhizomes).